Subscriber Fridays
Predicting the jazz Western Canadian Music Awards: 2023
4 nominees I'm highlighting from the other categories, plus 5 in Jazz Artist of the Year
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Community Stories
A burned-out jazz musician in recovery: my halfway report
I made a career transition away from music to become a video game sound designer in 2023
Live music
10 things to check out & continue to enjoy post-festival
8EAST, StringSongs, Fort Langley, Polaris, Caroline Davis, and more thoughts to carry forward
Subscriber Fridays
How I got my first Vancouver jazz festival show
My trio played the jazzfest on Wednesday; here’s the multi-year journey of how I got there
Live music
See you there: jazzfest 2023 edition
What I'm actually planning to attend during the jazzfest, up to Thursday, June 29
Live music
Living vicariously through the opening weekend with you
Here’s what I would go see if I was around for the opening weekend of June 23 to June 24
Vancouver albums
Daniel Hersog: Jazz Orchestra, Open Spaces, jazzfest show
Open Spaces (Folk Songs Reimagined) is out June 23 followed by a release concert June 26
Live music
Matt Franceschini’s DIY attitude can’t be stopped
Matt, Colin Zacharias, & Jay Coté arrive in town to play Frankie’s June 11, and more
Vancouver albums
A Giving Way at the Fox: the bounty of the Peggy Lee Band
Peggy’s eight-piece band plays the Fox Cabaret Saturday; A Giving Way is their new album
Subscriber Fridays
Surviving my theatre gig: I almost completely messed up
This dream concert ended up being a huge source of stress; let’s look at how it went down
Canadian albums
Nicky Schrire: Nowhere Girl, folk & vocal jazz, belonging
The South African-British singer will release her third album, made in Canada, on June 9
Canadian albums
Melissa Pipe: Of What Remains, bassoon plus baritone sax
The Montreal reedist explores the traversing of time, time and transience in chamber jazz